Illuminated costumer



Dec. 19, 1922. 1,43%668.

v E. GOOD'FIELD.

ILLUMINATED COSTUMER.

FILED MAR. 31. I922.

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barren s'ra'rss} PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD GOODFIELD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YQRK. i

ILLUMINATED COSTUMER.

Applicationfiled March 31,1922. Serial No. 548,434.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD GoonrrnLn, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York boroughof Brooklyn, in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Illuminated Costumers, of

which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

This invention relates to improvements in costumers, particularly to anilluminated costumer, an object of the invention being to provide adevice which will serve the double purpose of a costumer and floor lamp,and at the same time, serve to illuminate articles hung upon thecostumer so that they may be readily located.

A still further object is to provide'a device of this character, whichwill be neat and attractive in appearance, simple and practical inconstruction, strong, durable and efficient in use, inexpensive tomanufacture, and capable of being illuminated by the ordinary houselighting circuit.

With these and other ob]ects in View, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, and combinations and arrangements ofparts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed outin theclaim.

The accompanying drawing iis a View mainly in front elevation, butpartly in section of my improved costumer.

Referring in detail to the drawing, it will be seen that I provide arelatively broad base 1, from which a standard 2 rises. The standard isformed with a longitudinally extending bore 3 throughout'its entirelength which receives a tubular wire conduit 4: for the reception of anelectric light wire, designated by the reference numeral Adjacent theupper end of the standard 2, the costumer is provided with the usualarrangement of ornamental garment receiving hooks 6 secured to thestandard in any ap proved manner. At its upper extremity the standard isformed. with a reduced end 8 providing a shoulder 9 around the standard.

substantially cup shaped globe receiving bracket 10 is fitted over theupper end of the standard. and supported upon the shoulder 9. Thewire 5leads to an electric lamp socket 11 at the top of the standard, carryinga lamp 12. This lamp is normally concealed, or rather the light of thelamp is subdued and filtered through a lamp globe 13 which surrounds thelamp. The lower end of this globe is reduced, as indicated at 14, toprovide an annular shoulder 15 seating on the lip of the cup or bracket10. The globe 13 may of course be formed of any suitable transparent ortranslucent material, may be made in a variety of ornamental shapes, andmay be suitably decorated to suit the trade; but will always have anannular enlargement 16 intermediate its top and bottom, the purpose ofwhich enlargement is to overhang the hooks 6 to facilitate illuminationof the articles suspended therefrom.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that I provide adevice which may serve the double purpose of a costumer and floor lamp,at the same time providing means for exposing the position of garmentsupon the costumer at night.

Although I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, itwill be obvious that numerous slight changes and alterations might bemade in the general form and arrangement of the parts described withoutdeparting from the invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself tothe precise details set forth, but shall consider myself at liberty tomake such slight changes position to be illuminated'by light from theglobular head; said head comprising a shallow cup shaped bracketsleeving the top of the standard between the lamp and the hooks, saidstandard being of reduced diameter between the lamp and the hooks toprovide a shoulder for supporting the bracket, and said head alsoincluding a translucent dome having its lower edge supported by theupper edge of the bracket; the

dome and bracket having substantially cy-.

lindrical wallsof substantially the same diameter above and below theline of support of the globe by the bracket and said globe further Ihaving an annular enlargement intermediate its top and bottom andoverhanging said hooks.

EDWARD GOODFIELD.

